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Community Service Opportunities

Faculty, Staff, Students:

* Looking for service learning and long-term volunteer opportunities? Check out the list below. (Contact the agency directly.)

* Want to volunteer for a day or two, or possibly just a few hours? Check out our Facebook page for SHORT-TERM volunteer opportunities. These include 5K walks, weekend events, festivals, summer camps, and more!

Community Partners:

* Does your agency have semester-long service learning/volunteer opportunities? CLICK HERE to apply for inclusion on our sustaining list.

* Need to update your current listing on our website? Click here to fill out the change form.

Need Volunteers At Your Event?

* Have a short-term event for which you would like student volunteers? CLICK HERE to apply for your event to be placed on our FACEBOOK PAGE, shared throughout the UTA community. Remember to take pictures and tag us!

Arbrook Plaza

We are a skilled nursing facility offering both post-acute and long term care. We currently have about 100 residents. Primarily we need help providing activities …

We are a skilled nursing facility offering both post-acute and long term care. We currently have about 100 residents.

Primarily we need help providing activities for our residents. This can range from calling bingo to leading a class in painting, or writing, or any number of things that a student is passionate about and wants to share.

Arlington Charities

Arlington Charities leads and engages the community in the fight against hunger and poverty. We provide more food to the community than any other food …

Arlington Charities leads and engages the community in the fight against hunger and poverty. We provide more food to the community than any other food pantry in Arlington. In addition, we provide free clothing, a monthly mobile food pantry, holiday food baskets, Christmas toys, lunches to the homeless MWF, and information referral services.

General Service Needs:

We need volunteers to help clients through the food pantry. We offer "client choice" meaning the clients shop and choose their foods based on the number of people in their household rather than receive a pre-made bag.

We also need help sorting clothes donations, food donations, and with other activities throughout the facility.

Arlington Goodtimes Chorus

The Goodtimes Chorus is a Men’s a cappella Chorus. We’ve been around since 1962, spreading four part harmony and good times in the Dallas/Fort Worth …

The Goodtimes Chorus is a Men’s a cappella Chorus. We’ve been around since 1962, spreading four part harmony and good times in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. We welcome men who would like to sing. It is not necessary to have a wonderful voice (although that would be nice) or to have years of choral experience. You should be enthusiastic and able to carry a tune. No training is required.

What tasks are available for student work? We need students to assist us in all non-singing aspects of our musical productions, including advertising graphics stage manager, sound system operation, video and audio recording, ushers, script writing, prop and scenery development, etc.

We could use an assistant to help us with choreography, website design, and public relations.

Arlington Life Shelter

The Arlington Life Shelter provides, shelter, meals and rehabilitative services for homeless men, women and families. The program emphasis is assisting clients to become self-sufficient …

The Arlington Life Shelter provides, shelter, meals and rehabilitative services for homeless men, women and families. The program emphasis is assisting clients to become self-sufficient through case management services, structured employment programs, and mandatory classes four days per week focusing on life and job skills. Volunteer training required.

Arlington Reads

Arlington Reads is a multi-faced literacy program that meets the literacy needs of multiple groups of people, from adult learners to children. Arlington Reads provides …

Arlington Reads is a multi-faced literacy program that meets the literacy needs of multiple groups of people, from adult learners to children. Arlington Reads provides literacy help for students between pre-K4 through 3rd grade and programming for adult learners that need adult basic education (ABE), English as a second language (ESL), and general education development (GED) services. Those interested in volunteering as a tutor with Arlington Reads will need to do a background check with the city of Arlington, and complete a training session with an Arlington Reads staff member. Volunteer times are flexible and there are multiple volunteer opportunities within Arlington Reads. Additional information can be found at our website, www.ArlingtonReads.org.

Students can volunteer with our youth, adult, or family services. Students will be taught in a large group by an employee of the organization before teaching an individual student or class.

Arlington Urban Ministries

Arlington Urban Ministries (AUM) provides emergency financial assistance to Arlington's families in crisis. We make direct payments to landlords, utility providers, and pharmacies on behalf of families we serve. Additionally, we maintain a community food pantry and clothing closet to provide families and homeless people with 1-2 days worth of food/clothing. We also maintain relationships with an extensive list of aid agencies in Arlington to refer families to whom require assistance beyond what AUM can provide.

What tasks are available for student work? The following projects are ongoing and available for students:

Mission Case Manager - meet with families in crisis at the Mission Office, determine their needs, make pledge to pay 1 bill/rent, provide food (if needed), refer to other agencies in the community for additional help. Preference is given to Social Work students needing capstone activity, or mature students with experience working with low-income families.

Autism Society of Greater Tarrant County

The Autism Society of Tarrant County provides information and education regarding autism spectrum disorders, treatments and resources throughout Tarrant County and provide support to persons …

The Autism Society of Tarrant County provides information and education regarding autism spectrum disorders, treatments and resources throughout Tarrant County and provide support to persons with autism and their families. Volunteer training required.

Averting CAT-astrophe

Averting CAT-astrophe is a 501c3 non-profit cat rescue group consisting entirely of volunteers. We are focused primarily on saving cats and kittens off of the …

Averting CAT-astrophe is a 501c3 non-profit cat rescue group consisting entirely of volunteers. We are focused primarily on saving cats and kittens off of the euthanasia list at local shelters. We placed over 500 cats and kittens in 2015, and 702 cats and kittens in 2016!

General Service Needs:

Local, reliable fosters are needed! Fostering is easy and rewarding, kitties don't take much space and they give you lots of love in return. We will be happy to answer your questions and get you started. Fosters are needed for kittens, mother cats with kittens, and adult cats. You will need to fill out a foster application.

We have a special new program under the name Arlington Cats Alive! Arlington Neonatal Kitten Nursery is a collaboration with the Arlington Animal Shelter to improve the live release rate of bottle babies. If you would like to foster kittens in your home who are 1-28 days of age that come into the AAS, then this is for you! A training class is required for bottle baby fosters.

Tasks Available:

Our greatest need is for fosters! We also need volunteers to clean condos and socialize our kitties who are at the pet store for adoption. Volunteers can help with transport. We need volunteers to help with our Facebook page and Instagram. Since we rely on donations we have an active fundraising team. You can make a difference!

Back on My Feet, Dallas-Fort Worth

Back on My Feet recruits members at homeless and residential facilities around the country and begins with a commitment to run three days a week …

Back on My Feet recruits members at homeless and residential facilities around the country and begins with a commitment to run three days a week in the early morning. After 30 days in the program, members with 90% attendance earn the opportunity to move into the second phase of the program called Next Steps, which provides educational support, job training programs, employment partnership referrals and housing resources. Over 80% of individuals who start our program move into the Next Steps phase.

In Next Steps, members work with BoMF program staff to develop a personal road map to independence. Each member attends financial literacy classes and job skills training provided through partnerships with our corporate partners. Members can earn financial assistance to remove barriers to employment and housing such as work supplies, transportation and security deposits. Members who achieve employment and housing become Alumni Members. Within six months of becoming a Back on My Feet Alumnus, 90% of members maintain their employment, 60% receive a wage increase and 20% achieve a promotion.

General Service Needs:

There are two volunteer options depending upon availability of commitment: 1) Ongoing weekly opportunities to run/ walk with our member (clients) living in transitional housing. Our teams run/ walk every Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings with an optional run/ walk on Saturday at Dallas Life only. Volunteers are encouraged to participate one day a week as a commitment to our members. 2) Event related opportunities as we participate in numerous annual running events (5K, 10K, Half Marathon, Marathon and Marathon Relays). These events offer opportunities to participate and train with our members or volunteer as staff and support.

Available Tasks for UTA Students:

Team participation one or more days a week on: Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Saturday.

Event specific:

Train and mentor our members participating in upcoming run events; training to take place during one of our regularly scheduled weekday or Saturday runs.

Bair Foundation, The

The Bair foundation is committed to child and family services across nine states. Our programs range from foster care and adoption services (including children with …

The Bair foundation is committed to child and family services across nine states. Our programs range from foster care and adoption services (including children with special and therapeutic needs), to clinical and behavioral health aids and independent living transitions.

The Bair foundation is committed to child and family services across nine states. Our programs range from foster care and adoption services (including children with special and therapeutic needs), to clinical and behavioral health aids and independent living transitions.

When a child comes into The Bair Foundation’s care, the state allots 30 days to gather all necessary paperwork, such as birth certificates, and hospital and judicial records. Since social case workers are quite often overloaded, the foundation is seeking volunteers who are willing to help gather documents for our Dallas, TX location. This would aid Bair’s mission to serve as many needy children as possible!

There is no minimum hour requirement. All we ask is that volunteers be 18 years of age or older and have access to their own transportation. (Destinations will include hospitals and courthouses.) Prior to donating their time, all volunteers will be trained to ensure comfort with the tasks assigned, as this work involves sensitive information and privacy requirements.

Corporation for National and Community Service

The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal agency that helps millions of Americans improve the lives of their fellow citizens through service. Working hand in hand with local partners, they tap the ingenuity and can-do spirit of the American people to tackle some of the most pressing challenges facing our nation.